Matsuo — boys' name
24 babies named Matsuo in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
24 boys have been named Matsuo since 1916, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 1924.
- 24
- total births
- 1916–1924
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Matsuo was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Matsuo in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Matsuo
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Matsuo between 1916 and 1924, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Matsuo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Matsuo performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Matsuo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Matsuo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Matsuo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 24 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Matsuo at a glance
Last recorded 1924Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Matsuo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1916
- Peak year (1924)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1924.
24 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 7 births in a single year.
Matsuo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 12 births that decade — 50% of Matsuo's all-time total
Matsuo decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Matsuo's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Matsuo by state
Where Matsuo concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 16 | 66.7% |
16 of 24 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 66.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 66.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1924 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.